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Introduction

As coaches and transformation agents, we always provide that safety net (psychological safety) to our teams. We encourage them to take risks, experiment with ideas, and in case of a failure we provide that cushion or net to protect them. However, as coaches, when you take experiments/risks in your transformation work, do we get the same cushion/psychological safety from our leadership?

My Experience

My experiences have been little on the negative side and as a coach, I have been deprived of this safety net/cushion in my journey towards enterprise agility. While in few engagements my leadership has been supportive and protected me, there have been instances where I have been penalized severely for a failed experiment/Proof of Concept from a coaching perspective.

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